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I’ve gone down the air quality monitor rabbit hole and, after building my own, have settle on just buying/recommending the Awair Element.[1]

Interestingly, it’s not in the table in this article.

[1] https://www.getawair.com/products/element

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I only took sensors that have been tested by AQ-Spec into consideration because they mention the PM module used and the Awair Element was not tested by them.

Be aware that Awair has intentionally bricked their first generation of Monitors [1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Awair/comments/y7i5ku/awair_discont...

I'm curious, what did you learn in your research? What made you land on Awair?

Cost is quite a bit higher over $200 and the components can't be replaced. This is important as there's a limited lifespan of certain sensors which should be taken into account.

At least for the previous model, the sensor module was an all-in-one that I was able to easily replace myself with the exact part from AliExpress. It wasn’t officially replaceable but it was fewer than 10 screws and like a 2/10 difficulty. Afterwards it booted right up.

Currently 25% off bringing it to ~$155 so I pulled the trigger.

Was going to buy the air gradient but shipping is not free and is for the awair so difference was negligible.

Would also love to hear why grandparent poster has settled on recommending the awair over others.

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